Experts call for focus on 'life skills' in early years

'Learning, playing, children and adults Babies and young children are powerful learners, reaching out into the world and making sense of their experiences with other people, objects and events. As they explore and learn, children are naturally drawn to play. Play is recognised as so important to their well-being and development that the right to play is set down in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), and play is a fundamental commitment within the Early Years Foundation Stage.'

Learning, Playing and Interacting Good practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage

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